The Viral Studio is a term for an integrated set of technologies that are designed to create a DIY TV or Radio studio for use in knowledge sharing or just for fun.
There are a number of different possible setups:
- Professional Studio
- Home Studio
- Portable Studio
- Budget Studio
Here we take a look at a generic Wirecast Based Studio setup. This is a stepping stone to a range of custom setups that are able to use generic low cost hardware, and open source software to produce amazing shows.
Amazing things can be done in open source software with video and audio, but there are a number of physical limitations that make a studio setup problematic. Here we collect our experiences.
The Wirecast studio utilises Thunderbolt 2 based computer hardware, and HDMI and high quality USB based cameras.
Sound is even more important than video in the Viral Academy. We are exploring replacing Hangouts with Live Multichannel Radio based around Mumble servers to create audio chatrooms.
Uses and Form
The Viral Studio is a Talking Space and piece of Deliberative Furniture. It is a Robot Plant and DAO